European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
Public hearing on "Relieving housing precarity amongst the Roma: evaluation and responses to the Roma housing situation"
Remote meeting via Interactio online platform – EESC - JDE 61 - Friday, 31 March 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
09.30 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing
10.00 a.m. - 10.20 a.m. | Welcome and opening session
- Alfredas Jonuška, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC
- Ákos Topolánszky, EESC representative in the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness
10.20 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. | Panel I - Roma housing situation: state of play in the Member States and the related objectives of the new EU Roma strategic framework
Moderator: Ákos Topolánszky (EESC Member)
- Lavinia Banu, European Commission DG JUST
- Jaroslav Kling, Fundamental Rights Agency
- Tomas De Jong, European Public Health Alliance
Discussion
11.15 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Break
11.30 a.m. - 12.50 p.m. | Panel II - Decent housing as a starting point for equality: the way forward and best practices
Moderator: Alfredas Jonuška
- Simona Barbu, Feantsa
- Amana Ferro, Ergo network
- Cristina de la Serna, Fundación Secretariado Gitano
- Gordon Smith, Eurocities working group on Roma inclusion
Discussion
12.50 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Alfredas Jonuška, President of the Permanent Group on the Inclusion of the Roma, EESC
Interpretation requested from English, Hungarian and Lithuanian into English, Hungarian and Lithuanian